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By James M Dorsey A schism that could tear the Anglican church apart is about more than LGBTQ rights. It’s about fundamental cultural and religious differences with potentially profound consequences for the geopolitical battle to shape a 21st-century world order. The rift also raises questions about the Church of England’s priorities at a time when […]

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By Ashis Biswas By end 2023, rail journey time for passengers between Kolkata and the three Barak valley districts of Assam via Dhaka, Bangladesh may be reduced to 15/16 hours only, if things run according to plan. A Kolkata-Agartala journey would take only around 10 hours, according to Railway authorities. People in Assam, Meghalaya and

My wings have not been clipped and I will continue to aggressively push for the growth of the BJP in Tamil Nadu, the party’s state unit chief K Annamalai told News18 in an interview, adding that the alliance with the AIADMK will continue till the 2026 Assembly elections. Asked if he has been told to […]

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Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday told the Gujarat High Court that “very serious ex-facie vitiating factors” about the trial’s process led to the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark. Singhvi is arguing on behalf of Gandhi in the high court, which began hearing […]

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Training guns on the Congress over its president M Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘venomous snake’ barb at him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the party and its leaders have hurled at him different types of abuses 91 times till now. Accusing the Congress of also abusing the dominant Lingayat community in poll-bound Karnataka, the Prime […]

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Amid rumblings in Rajasthan Congress, the party’s in-charge for the state Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Saturday held separate meetings with the ministers and asked them to strengthen the organisation ahead of elections due later this year. He also held a meeting with Speaker C P Joshi. Prior to Randhawa, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot […]

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There is no possibility of the BJP entering into an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal again and it will contest all elections in Punjab on its own, the party’s state unit chief Ashwani Sharma said on Saturday. He added that the homage paid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP leadership to Shiromani […]

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By Harihar Swarup 0n April 12, when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar walked into 10, Rajaji Marg, residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi to discuss ways to bring opposition parties together, it marked the end of a long wait for the seasoned politician. Nitish had been waiting for the Congress to respond to […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty Dr. Ranajit Guha, the most globally known Indian historian who introduced a new approach to history writing through his ‘subaltern studies’, passed away on April 28, less than a month before the Renaissance man was due to touch his 100th year on May 23. He was intellectually active till the end. Since

By K Raveendran India’s integration into the global value chains and favourable container pricing trends are making the country an ideal choice as an attractive ‘China plus one’ alternative. The improvement in container availability, coupled with falling rates, is offering a great opportunity for container trading and leasing in the Indian sub-continent as the

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Many migrant workers face wage-related abuses, including non-payment, delayed payment of wages, and in many cases forced to work beyond the legal working time having most direct and tangible effect on their everyday lives. These sometimes lead to even debt bondage and forced labour. International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee of Experts […]

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The BJP on Friday urged the Election Commission to file a criminal case against Mallikarjun Kharge and bar him from campaigning in the Karnataka assembly polls, stepping up its attack on the Congress president for his “poisonous snake” barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union minister Bhupender Yadav, who led a BJP delegation to the […]

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday slammed a Karnataka BJP leader for calling former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi a ‘Vishkanya,’ saying the use of the term was a reflection of the vitiated political discourse in the country. “Remarks made by a Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Karnataka against Sonia Gandhi reflect the rot in […]

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday called for working together to end the growing hatred in the country while attending an ‘Eid Milan’ event organised by his party here on Friday. “As long as we don’t strengthen humanity and brotherhood, this problem cannot be solved. We have to decide. There can be […]

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The Gujarat High Court will today hear Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal challenging the court order convicting him of criminal defamation over his “Modi surname” remark. The case will be heard by a new judge of the Gujarat High Court after Justice Geeta Gopi recused herself from hearing the case by saying “not before me”. […]

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Several unnamed persons have been booked for offering namaz outside two mosques in the old city area in violation of prohibitory orders on Eid last week, police said on Friday. City Superintendent Police Kuldeep Singh Gunawat told the media that clerics had assured the district authorities ahead of Eid that no one will be allowed […]

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The JD(S) on Thursday released its “Janata Pranalike” (People’s Manifesto) for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka promising to restore four per cent reservation for Muslims, to “throw out” Amul and to save Nandini brand calling it Kannadiga’s identity, among various assurances. The party led by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has also […]

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By Amarjeet Kaur May Day this year would be observed with more vigour by the working class for several pressing reasons. Taking into cognizance of the political developments which are moving at very fast pace on every front in the year before general elections in2024, it is of utmost importance to assess the situation. The […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra It’s now evident that after the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections are declared that the results, the opposition unity will take itself to the next level. The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, is working hard and visiting places around the country to meet the opposition leaders of many states […]

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By Prakash Karat Many of the top wrestlers of the country, including international medal winners, are out protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. They have returned to the spot where they first conducted dharna in January since the government and the sports ministry have not acted on the complaints of sexual harassment made by some […]

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By Sushil Kutty It is dozens of hours since the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to their ‘Mann Ki Baat’, perhaps aware that India’s Prime Minister often slips into his default position of hard of hearing. And PM Modi, for all we know, must not have heard […]

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A police complaint was lodged on Thursday by Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Dr Parmeshwar, and DK Shivakumar, the Chief of Karnataka Congress, against several BJP leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, as stated in the copy of the complaint. The complaint, submitted at the High Grounds police station in Bengaluru, accused Amit Shah […]

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  Days ahead of the crucial Karnataka assembly elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday landed himself in trouble as he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “poisonous snake”, drawing a massive backlash from the BJP. After receiving criticism and sensing the negative impact of his statement during the poll season, the 80-year-old leader clarified […]

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Announcing the fifth poll “guarantee” of the Congress ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised free travel for women in public transport buses, if it’s voted to power in the State. He hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for saying that Congress would not fulfil […]

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I will take revenge on Eknath Shinde for backstabbing me, Uddhav Thackeray warned on Thursday as he told his party workers that they should all work hard and “bring our days back”. Speaking at a function of Shiv Sena UBT’s labour union, party chief Thackeray said: “I will not say that our days have gone, […]

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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today slammed the country’s Olympics body chief PT Usha for criticising the wrestlers’ public protest over alleged sexual misconduct by the wrestling body head. Usha had said the wrestlers’ protest “amounts to indiscipline” and slammed them for not waiting for the report by a committee that is looking into the charges […]

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a joke made by him involving a suicide note, saying the PM and those laughing heartily at his joke ought to educate themselves better rather than “ridicule” mental health issues in an “insensitive” manner. Prime Minister Modi, while speaking at […]

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Amid the strained relationship between the AIADMK led by Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP’s Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai, the former met Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda in New Delhi late on Wednesday. The meeting between the AIADMK senior leaders and the top leaders of the BJP took place at […]

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  A week after former chief minister Jagadish Shettar quit the BJP crying “betrayal” of the Lingayat community by his party and filed the nomination on a Congress ticket from Hubli-Dharwad Central Assembly seat, the saffron party has decided to pay him back in the same coin. The BJP high command has fielded their most […]

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By Arun Srivastava Is the Congress Party in Karnataka in a position to repeat in the May 10 assembly polls what the West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee did in 2021 polls in her state ?. The question is being asked by the seasoned political observer in the state as the […]

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By Sushil Kutty Nobody can stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi from doing electoral social engineering using Pasmanda Muslims and Kerala Christians for fodder. If the secular parties can, so can the so-called communal. But giving crumbs with one hand, and taking away crumbs (given by secular parties) is BJP-plated. So, take back the 4% Muslim […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India has always been said to have great growth potential. In recent years, even the ‘fastest growing economy’ tag has been tied on its neck for several times. Now it is expected to retain this tag in 2023.Under the deception of such comforting propaganda lies the reality that the country is […]

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By Krishna Jha At a time when we celebrate birth anniversary of our guide and philosopher Comrade V I Lenin on April 22, we are passing through a phase called as rule of finance capital. It is defined by Lenin as the higher stage of capitalism that takes away our democratic rights, our Constitution, right

The Calcutta High Court has ordered a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into Ram Navami violence in West Bengal. Violence had rocked West Bengal during Ram Navami celebrations last month. Acting on a petition filed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, the high court ordered the transfer of investigation to the anti-terror agency from […]

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